Cian Ducrot and SZA, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Chappell Roan, St. Vincent and Sabrina Carpenter among the big Grammy winners

There was much partying last night down Cork way as Cian Ducrot and SZA bagged the Best R&B Song Grammy for the song they co-wrote, 'Saturn'.

It's fair to say that the collaboration had a somewhat unorthodox genesis...

“I’m not a massive pop fan – I mainly listen to hip hop, rap, a lot of jazz and random French stuff – but I went through a phase where I couldn’t stop listening to SZA,” Cian told Hot Press in August 2023. “And then one day, completely out of the blue, she follows me on Twitter. I’m like, ‘What the actual fuck?!’ Shortly after that, I’m in the toilets at Soho House in London, having a shit and checking my phone, as you do, and discover I’ve been DM’d by SZA. She was asking, ‘When are you going to be in America? Will you please help me finish writing my album?’ I was like, ‘I’ll be fucking there tomorrow’, y’know?

“I eventually made it over to the States the day before she was handing her SOS album to the label,” Cian continues. “I remember pulling up in the car and thinking, ‘You have to calm down.’ Honestly, I was so nervous about how it was all going to turn out. Anyway, I went into the studio and SZA was so lovely, telling me that she was a big fan and had watched all my videos. Inside my head, I was going, ‘Er, no, I’m the fan!’ It was so fucking surreal and got even more surreal when we wrote a song together, which she told me she’s going to put on the deluxe version of SOS. The stories and stuff she shared with me was just mind-blowing.”

We'd also been rooting for current Hot Press cover star Jordan Adetunji to win Best Melodic Rap Performance with his 'Kehlani' banger but, sadly, he was pipped by Rapsody ft Erykah Badu's '3:AM'.

Meanwhile, Beyoncé's country music flirtation, Cowboy Carter, earned her Album of the Year and Best Country Album last night at the Grammys. Her genre-bending collaboration with Miley Cyrus, 'II Most Wanted', also won Ms. Knowles Best Country Duo/Group Performance.

There was also much cause for celebration in the Kendrick Lamar camp with 'Not Like Us' deigned to be Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Rap Song.

There was a big haul too for St. Vincent whose mantlepiece will now be graced by Grammy Awards for Best Rock Song ('Broken Man'), Best Alternative Music Album (All Born Screaming) and Best Alternative Music Performance ('Flea').

Chappell Roan's skyrocketing career was acknowledged with the Best New Artist gong.

Also enjoying a Grammy double-whammy was Sabrina Carpenter whose 'Espresso' won Best Pop Solo Performance and Short N' Sweet which was adjudged to be Best Pop Vocal Album.

A very good night was also had by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars whose 'Die With A Smile' earned them Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Charli XCX's Brat summer has turned into a Brat start to the year as well, with Best Dance/Electronic Album and Best Dance/Pop Recording for 'Von Dutch' gongs heading back to the UK with her.

You can also find out why Justice & Tame Impala, Norah Jones, Shakira, Chris Brown, The Rolling Stones and the surviving members of The Beatles were in tip top form at https://www.grammy.com/news/2025-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list

You can also watch just shy of three hours' worth of Grammy coverage tonight on RTE 2 starting at 9pm.